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Rüstbach Viaduct

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Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Stolberg Old Town – Vennbahn Near Lammersdorf loop from Stolberg Altstadt

70.1km

04:17

630m

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2. Kitzenhaus Meadows – Schlangenberg Nature Reserve loop from Breinig

20.6km

01:30

180m

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3. Weir on the Rur Near Kreuzau – Rur at Untermaubach loop from Breinig

66.3km

04:09

620m

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Oliver🌍

March 18, 2024

The Rüstbach Viaduct was initially built as a single track in 1881. It was only when the line was expanded to two tracks between 1914 and 1918 that a second identical viaduct was added to the viaduct. On September 12, 1944, both were blown up by the German Wehrmacht to make them impassable for approaching Allied troops. American troops repaired the viaduct immediately after it was captured with a temporary emergency bridge, so that it was once again accessible on a single track from February 2, 1945. From November 2010, the owner EVS Euregio Verkehrsschienennetz carried out the necessary renovation of the central pillar in order to be able to maintain further operations. Until March 2019, the viaduct was allowed to travel at 10 km/h and was, among other things, used by freight trains for Schwermetall Halbzeugwerk and the Vereinigte Schotterwerke at Breiniger Berg. On March 27, 2019, the viaduct was blown up and new construction began. The new building was completed at the beginning of November 2019 and on November 11, 2019 a freight train drove over the new Rüstbach Viaduct for the first time.

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Elevation 240 m

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Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Rüstbach Viaduct

1. Stolberg Old Town – Vennbahn Near Lammersdorf loop from Stolberg Altstadt

2. Kitzenhaus Meadows – Schlangenberg Nature Reserve loop from Breinig

3. Weir on the Rur Near Kreuzau – Rur at Untermaubach loop from Breinig

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